meals on wheels

a program, usually one supported or subsidized by a charitable, social, or government agency, for delivering hot meals regularly to elderly, disabled, or convalescing persons who are housebound and cannot cook for themselves.

Origin of meals on wheels

meals on wheels

meals-on-wheels

noun

(functioning as singular)social welfare, Britisha service, usually subsidized, and run by a social services department or voluntary body, which delivers hot meals to elderly or housebound people who might otherwise be unable to have them